Teachers nix jobs in North Canada due to housing
Teachers are turning down jobs in small communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories because of a lack of adequate housing, according
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Video brings students together in Canada’s North
Providing quality education to students in remote Arctic communities is a problem not only in Canada but around the circumpolar
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Company shutters camp at Nunavut mine
Elgin Mining has shut down its camp at Nunavut’s Lupin gold mine site in Canada’s eastern Arctic blaming falling gold
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What Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship means for the North
When Canada takes over chairmanship of the Arctic Council on May 15, its stated priority is ‘developing the North for
Read morePipeline to Arctic mulled by Alberta, Canada
The government of Canada’s province of Alberta is looking at yet another pipeline option to get its oil to market
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Mine cleanup costs could grow, Canada
The federal government has confirmed that the Giant Mine cleanup in Yellowknife will cost Canadian taxpayers close to a billion
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Special series on alcohol in Canada’s North
Alcohol is one of the most pressing health and social issues in the world’s circumpolar regions. Recently, our colleagues at
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Canada denies mine’s $1B cleanup cost
The federal government of Canada maintains there has been no increase to the costs of cleaning up the Giant Mine
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First Nations Bank to open in Yellowknife, Canada
The First Nations Bank of Canada will open a branch in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) this
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